NPHL has moved to an electronic ordering system, NUlirt, and it is now the preferred method to order all tests. Once ordered, print a "batch list" (see
NUlirt Guide).
Forms Required - Nulirt batch list or NPHL Test Request Form (completed in entirety) must accompany the specimen to include the following information: symptoms and date of onset, pregnancy status, travel and vaccine history. Testing
will not be performed without all required information.
Please call NPHL Client Services at (402) 559-2440 or toll free at (800) 334-0459 for further clarification.
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| Test: |
Cyanide, Whole Blood (CTCYN)
- For emergency Response/Chemical Terrorism only
- Call emergency pager (402) 888-5588 prior to sample submission
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| Synonym: |
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| Method: |
Headspace Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry HSGC-MS |
| Availability: |
- Emergency Response Performed Immediately
- Same Day reporting
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| Specimen: |
Whole Blood |
| Collection Device: |
- Lavendar Top EDTA Tube preferred
- Green Top Heparin Tube may also be used
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| Volume: |
- Optimum: 3 mL
- Minimum: 1 mL if in a vacutainer, 0.3 mL if in a microtainer
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| Storage/Transport: |
Sampes should be refrigerated at 2-8 °C or frozen at -20 °C withing 30 minutes of collection |
| Unacceptable: |
- Low volume (<1 mL in a vacutainer or <0.3 mL in a microtainer)
- Failure to maintain refrigerated or frozen temperatures
- Suspected contamination
- Damaged collection tubes
- Clotted Samples
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| Specimen Stability: |
- 4 weeks at 2-8 ºC
- 6 monts at -20 ºC
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| Reference Interval: |
0-140 µg/L |
| Reportable Disease: |
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| Comments: |
Call emergency pager (402) 888-5588 prior to sample submission |
| Revised: |
5/16/2023 |
If you have questions about proper specimen collection, please call
NPHL Client Services at (402) 559-2440 or toll free at (800) 334-0459.
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